What Are the Different Audit Steps?

The inspection process refers to the sequence or sequence of arrangements and arrangements in the process of the inspection. The review process for different customers or brands is roughly the same.

Factory inspection process

Customer: Refers to the ultimate buyer or brand.

Middleman: A trader who buys goods from a factory and sells it to customers.

Factory: refers to the enterprise that produces the goods.

Audit company: A professional organization that performs audits. Common ones: INTERTEK, SGS, BV, TUV, UL, etc.

initiate:

After receiving the audit fee, the audit company will send an audit questionnaire and a confirmation letter to the factory, and the factory will complete the return.

According to the audit questionnaire returned by the factory, the auditing company formulates an auditing plan, and makes an auditing task plan within the company, including the auditor and the arrangement of the auditing date

On the designated audit date or audit notice period, the auditor of the audit company will conduct the audit at the audited factory.

The review process includes:

First meeting

2. Site inspection

3. Document check

4. Staff interview

5. Last meeting

After the audit is completed, the factory will receive the problems found on the day of the audit. Generally, the unit applying for audit within 7 days will receive a complete audit report from the audit company.

Based on the severity of the missing points in the audit report, the customer requested the factory to report corrective and preventive actions.

Depending on the customer's requirements and the date of completion of the corrective and preventive action, an annual audit or follow-up audit will be arranged.

If the audit result is qualified, the annual audit is usually scheduled for 12 months. ^[1]